Trimming the House

'Tis the Season!

The week of Thanksgiving, we scored a few deals: we got some new light fixtures, and found the bath vanity we have been drooling over on clearance! YES! (Its still in the box in our room. You will get to see it when we do the bathroom!) Right before Thanksgiving weekend, we found this light fixture on clearance at Walmart. We LOVE clearance. Barb's crazy obsession with the clearance aisle actually turned out to be fruitfull!

The coolest thing we did over Thanksgiving weekend was to trim the tree. Well, trees. :)

We also trimmed the outside of the house with live garland and red ribbons. True Southern Style.

Brandon installed the new light fixtures in the kitchen and in the hallway.

  

Before and After:

Goodbye 80s! Welcome to the 21st century! The only light left downstairs that hasn't been touched is over the sink. We have decided we want a pendent light, but we can't find one we like.

We trimmed the house literally as well! Brandon put in the trim around fireplace, and the thresholds in the doorways.

The project that has consumed the majority of our time is the counter tops. We did a lot of research at both Lowe's and Home Depot, but we like the selection at Home Depot the best.

These are the product pictures from the Silestone Website:

We are all set to have them delivered and installed before Christmas Vacation!

Since we now have had the specifications and measurements made, we can start painting the lower cabinets... FINALLY!

Brandon ripped off the counters in the right side of the kitchen. He just ripped the fascia off on the sink side. We set the counters back on top of the boxes so that we could still have a semi-functioning kitchen.

Barb started painting the lower cabinets with primer.

A vision of the kitchen to come!